What Causes People to Willingly Sacrifice Their Freedoms?

What are the conditions in any society that will cause a people to willingly sacrifice their freedoms?

Mattias Desmet has studied and lectured extensively on this phenomenon. He is a professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University and holds a masters degree in statistics. After noticing some anomalies in the statistical analyses conducted during the pandemic, he became concerned by the consensus narrative. He speaks out in this compelling interview.